By Tajudeen Adebanjo
Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation has renovated Islamiyyah Pilot Science Nursery and Primary School in Jos North, Plateau State.
Established in 1952, the school was said to one of the oldest schools in Jos.
Most of the classrooms in the school, it was learnt, were dilapidated before Jaiz’s intervention.
The school had no doors, furnirure, windows, ceiling, and functional toilets for workers and pupils.
The management of Jaiz Foundation renovated 10 classrooms and built five toilets.
The foundation also donated 100 three-seater classroom desks to the management of the school.
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the foundation, Malam Adamu Bello, said the gesture was part of the mission of the foundation.
“Our mission is to improve the quality of life and provide timely socio-economic development support through direct and indirect intervention to the society and humanity,” he said.
Represented by a team led by the foundation’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Abdullahi Shuaib, Mallam Bello said education was the biggest gift to give to young ones.
Through it, he said, the pupils could grow to become great personalities in future.
According to him, investments in education should not be left for the government alone.
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“Corporate organisations need to key in to jointly develop our communities. That is what we have just done with the Pilot Science School. This is one of our numerous interventions in ensuring that those who are less privileged have access to quantitative education. We will continue this kind of intervention despite the meagre funds at our disposal,” he said.
Bello congratulated the pupils, urging them to reciprocate the gesture by studying hard to become successful persons in future.
He hailed the management of the school, saying they were creating their own history by ensuring the school is conducive for learning.
He said: “Let us make ourselves good history for tomorrow so that when people are making reference, they will say during the administration of these persons, they brought some humanitarian organisations that supported with these little tokens. That’s a plus for you all including the teaching and non-teaching staff.
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